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Sermons from December 2016

The Reverend Krystal Leedy

December 24, 2016Luke 2:1-20

A reading from the Gospel of Luke: In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All …

Dr. David Evans

December 21, 2016Isaiah 7:10-17

There is way too much going on in the first few chapters of the prophet Isaiah for a short sermon. So by way of setting the context, let me just say this: nothing much has changed in three millennia. …

December 11, 2016

It’s a Tradition! The Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols tradition we share each year originated in its present form on Christmas Eve at King’s College, Cambridge, in 1918. Thanks to its world-wide broadcasts since early mid 20th Century, it …

Dr. David Evans

December 4, 2016Isaiah 11:1-10

The armies of the mighty nation of Assyria are even now sitting on the doorstep of Jerusalem. Like Sherman’s march to the sea during the last days of the Civil War, the powerful Assyrian army overwhelms everything in …